Software Asset Analytics dashboard

Software Asset Analytics dashboard

The Software Asset Analytics dashboard tab is accessed by navigating to Software Asset > Overview. Click an element within a report to see more information.

The Overview, License Summary, and Compliance Summary tabs are updated whenever a new
reconciliation result is available. Results are updated daily for the Removal Summary tab. You
can save charts in PNG or JPG formats.

The graphs show important statistics about the software being tracked. In the Overview and
Optimization tabs, you can filter by publisher and product to narrow the results.

Overview

Table 1. Overview tab

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Source list

Description

Total True-up Cost

Product Results

Cost to be compliant based on the average prices in entitlements for the
rights.

Publishers out of Compliance

Product Results

Number of publishers that have at least one software model out of
compliance.

Products out of Compliance

Product Results

Number of products that have at least one software model out of
compliance.

Potential Savings

Product Results

Cost saved or avoided if removal candidates are reclaimed.

True-up Cost Breakdown

Product Results

Cost to be compliant based on the average prices in entitlements for the
rights by publisher.

Software Spend Breakdown

License Metric Results

Total software cost of all entitlements not retired by publisher.

License Summary

Table 2. License Summary tab

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Source list

Description

Overall Product Compliance

Product Results

Total percent of compliant products.

Percent Spend Not in Use

Product Results and License Metric Results

Percent of software spend that is not in use (over-licensed amount and
potential savings).

Software Spend

License Metric Results

Total software cost of all entitlements not retired.

Week over Week Cost Summary

Product Results and License Metric Results

True-up cost, potential savings, and over-licensed amount for a series of
weeks.

Compliance Summary

Compliance summary consists of time-series data using Performance Analytics to show the
compliance trends over time. The source for compliance analysis data is the Product Result
[samp_product_result] table.

Table 3. Compliance trend: True-up Cost

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Description

True-up Cost

Cost to be compliant based on the average prices for entitlements for the
rights.

Publishers out of compliance

Number of publishers that have at least one software product out of
compliance.

Products out of compliance

Number of products out of compliance.

Potential savings

Cost saved or avoided if removal candidates are reclaimed.

Breakdowns

Shows the detailed list of results based on the widget selected. Breakdowns
include Publisher, Product, and Scorecard.

Records

Shows the detailed list of product results based on the widget
selected.

Table 4. Compliance trend: Over-licensed amount

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Description

Over-licensed amount

Cost of licenses owned but not being used.

Publishers over-licensed

Number of publishers that have at least one software right not being
used.

Products over-licensed

Number of products that have at least one software right not being
used.

Breakdowns

Shows the detailed list of results based on the widget selected. Breakdowns
include Publisher, Product, and Scorecard.

Records

Shows the detailed list of product results based on the widget
selected.

Removal Summary

The source for removal summary data is the Reclamation Candidate
[samp_sw_reclamation_candidate] table.

Table 5. Removal Summary tab

Report

Description

Reclamation Candidates

Total number of active removal candidates with a low usage
justification.

Blacklisted Installs Being Removed

Total number of active removal candidates with a blacklisted
justification.

Unlicensed Installs Being Removed

Total number of active removal candidates with an unlicensed
justification.

Unallocated Installs Being Removed

Total number of active removal candidates with an unallocated
justification.

Candidates Requiring Attention

Number of removal candidates in the attention required state.

Candidates Not Updated in 30 Days

Number of removal candidates that have an updated date value older than 30
days.

Actual Savings YTD

Sum of potential savings in a given month of closed complete removal
candidates, year to date.

Removal Candidates Breakdown

Active removal candidates in various breakdowns (State, Publisher, Product,
Justification, and Last Updated).